World Cup-winning head coach Luis de la Fuente has agreed a contract extension with Spain till 2032.
The 65-year-old’s earlier deal was as a consequence of expire in 2028.
De la Fuente, who guided Spain to their fourth European Championship title in 2024 earlier than securing international honours this summer season, is now set to stay in cost for Spain’s World Cup defence on residence soil in 2030.
Spain will co-host the twenty fourth version of the lads’s World Cup alongside Portugal and Morocco, with a handful of matches scheduled for Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay as a part of the competitors’s one hundredth anniversary celebrations.
De la Fuente succeeded Luis Enrique as head coach in December 2022, following Spain’s last-16 exit at that yr’s World Cup.
Since then, they’ve misplaced simply twice in 41 aggressive matches and gained three trophies, together with the 2022-23 Uefa Nations League. They completed as runners-up to Portugal in 2024-25.
Spain beat Argentina 1-0 in extra time to elevate their second males’s World Cup crown in July, having defeated England 2-1 within the European showpiece two years earlier.
“His outcomes converse for themselves, as does his work,” mentioned RFEF president Rafael Louzan, talking at Wednesday’s World Soccer Summit in Madrid.
“The general public loves and admires him. I supplied him an extension as a result of he wasn’t among the many high 10 when it comes to monetary circumstances. Now he might be.
“We’re finalising the settlement so he can stay for a number of extra years. He is been with us 14 years, and I need him to have the ability to end his profession right here.”
De la Fuente, who started his teaching profession in Spain’s decrease leagues, spent 9 years in Spain’s youth set-up previous to changing Luis Enrique, profitable a European Underneath-19 Championship in 2015, a European Underneath-21 Championship in 2019 and a silver medal on the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo.
Spain are subsequent in motion on 26 September, dealing with England at Wembley of their 2026-27 Nations League opener.
